<p>I’m asking for a friend.
He’s from China, doesnt speak good English, but last year when to a basketball camp in the US and his coach there suggested my friend to apply to some colleges in the States.</p>
<p>So this friend of mine is kinda strong on bball, more like a shooting guard, not bad at defense. There is a video in which he got 8 or 9 3-points consecutively. not sure if that helps. My problem is, as a Chinese, he couldnt go straight to the coaches and play for them or get any attention before he applies, what else could he do? And he even wants a scholarship, from a DI school…</p>
<p>Besides, his English…is quite poor, that he didnt even get 5.5 on IELTS, no SAT.</p>
<p>He has no chance of getting a DI basketball scholarship if he isn’t currently playing at a very high level (national Junior team, etc.) in China. I would think that the coach at the USA camp was talking about applying to DIII schools.</p>
<p>to csdad
Thx! Actually that was my original point, and I tried to talk him out of it, but~he wanted a real high level basketball, so…
is there really such abig difference between DI and DIII schools? And I assume a DIII bball scholarship could be a little easier?</p>
<p>kelyme
ESL is probably not a good idea~cuz he aint no rich person~but thank you, still~</p>
<p>Uhm…is there any basic requirements for an athletic scholarship?
What’s on the top of to-do list other than a language improvement? and SAT might help?</p>
<p>There is a world of difference between DI & DIII basketball. There are no scholarships in DIII. If your friend has been to a camp in the USA coaches who know DI coaches have seen him. If he was a DI talent someone would have contacted him or his coach in China. His best bet in the USA would be to try and walk on at a DIII school. If his sole reason to come to the states (and pay a ton of $ for a college education) is to play basketball he better get a better idea of his talent level. I’m sure he could find coaches in China who have sent players to the states that could give him a reference point??</p>
<p>If he is good enough for D1 then he should be able to find a prep school that would give him a scholarship for his PG year (at least I think they would). If he can do that then that would probably be the best course of action as ESL probably IS a good idea coming from a foreign country.</p>
<p>"If he is good enough for D1 then he should be able to find a prep school that would give him a scholarship for his PG year (at least I think they would). If he can do that then that would probably be the best course of action as ESL probably IS a good idea coming from a foreign country’</p>
<p>…prep schools are only going to “scholarship” players who are already scholarship players but are going to prep school to either quailify under clearinghouse or better their position (play at a higher DI level than being recruited at). It sounds like this young man is basing everything on some camp coach telling him he should apply to american colleges…this is a far cry from getting a DI scholarship in basketball.</p>
<p>hebrewhammer
Thx, I never thought about a prep school before, not to mention a scholarship there~
But, csdad is right about one thing, that my friend here is kind of completely banking on his camp coach there. And now what I’m doing is basically “telling” him how to apply.
But I just applied to college as a normal international student, never touching a prep school, so I have totally no idea about this.
I mean, if he chose an ESL, does he have to take SSAT beforehand? What to do after he graduates from the prep school? </p>
<p>Just to give out some additional info, my friend has indeed played in a national tournament. And he got an MVP for something… </p>
<p>What he did, back in China, was basically training and playing basketball everyday, and that makes his academic performance a little out of track…And I’m concerned that even if he can gets into a prep school with a scholarship, does it really make him well prepared for college both academically and physically that after this PG year he can have his offer on his own?</p>